Blues

The Ink Spots



This is a rather obscure song. Can't determine who wrote it and whether anyone

ever charted it as a single in the Top 100. Judging by the composition and the

lyrics, I'd guess it is a 1930's-type jazz/blues number generally played by black

musicians. I found it on an Ink Spots 3-LP collection titled "The Best Of the Ink

Spots" (Murray Hill label-Catalog # 897571. Unfortunately, there are no liner notes

or writer credits included.





I'm goin back home and get my ham bone boiled some more

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)

I'm goin back home and get my ham bone boiled some more

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)

'cause the way you cook for me, baby

My stomach got sore

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)



I'm goin' on the river and I'm not gonna take you along

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)

I'm goin' on the river and I'm not gonna take you along

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)

'cause I need somebody to help me sing this song

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)



I may be blue but I won't be blue no more

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)

I may be blue but I won't be blue no more

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)

'cause when I come home, somebody's gotta go

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)



Bye bye , baby, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)

Bye bye bye, baby, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah)

I said bye bye, baby, bye bye baby goodbye

(choo-choo-ah, choo-choo-ah